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Visual Storytelling And Vulnerable Healthcare Consumers: Normalising Practices And Social Support Through Instagram, Lauren Gurrieri, Jenna M. Drenten

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how vulnerable healthcare consumers foster social support through visual storytelling in social media in navigating healthcare consumption experiences. Design/methodology/approach: This study employs a dual qualitative approach of visual and textual analysis of 180 Instagram posts from female breast cancer patients and survivors who use the platform to narrate their healthcare consumption experiences. Findings: Our research demonstrates how visual storytelling on social media normalises hidden aspects of healthcare consumption experiences through healthcare disclosures (procedural, corporeal, recovery), normalising practices (providing learning resources, cohering the illness experience, problematising mainstream recovery narratives) and enabling digital …

Lindenwood Digest, December 3, 2019, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Give Us A Little Social Credit: To Design Or To Discover Personal Ratings In The Era Of Big Data, Abigail Devereaux, Linan Peng

Economics and Management Faculty publications

In 2014, the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party announced the institution of a social credit system by 2020, a follow-up to a similar statement on the creation of a social credit system issued by the State Council in 2007. Social credit ratings of the type being developed by the State Council in partnership with Chinese companies go beyond existing financial credit ratings in an attempt to project less-tangible personal characteristics like trustworthiness, criminal tendencies, and group loyalty onto a single scale. The emergence of personal credit ratings is enabled by Big Data, automated decision-making processes, machine learning, and …

A Smart Forwarding In Ndn Vanet, Muktadir Rahman Chowdhury

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Intelligent Transport System (ITS) applications rely on efficient forwarding or routing ofthe packet. However, routing or forwarding packet in Connected Vehicles is a challenging task and data retrieval rate can be very low due to highly dynamic topology andintermittent connectivity. Most of the routing solutions in the literature are location-based accompanied with limited flooding when location information is not available. For efficient communication and data retrieval in the vehicular network, we propose a hybrid forwarding solution, called CCLF. CCLF takes into account content-based connectivity information, i.e., Interest satisfaction ratio for each name prefix, in its forwarding decisions. To overcome the …

Improvements To Psync: Distributed Full Dataset Synchronization In Named-Data Networking, Ashlesh Gawande

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

TCP/IP is ill-suited for modern many-to-many and distributed applications such as content distribution and IoT. Named-Data Networking (NDN) is a future Internet architecture design based on the primitive of publishing and fetching authenticated named data objects/chunks. NDN’s name-based retrieval, stateful forwarding, data-centric security, and in-network caching overcome many shortcomings of today's TCP/IP networks due to their host-centric data delivery and channel-based security models. Applications in NDN, such as chat, require distributed synchronization of all published data. This thesis evaluates PSync, a distributed dataset synchronization protocol for NDN, and proposes a set of improvements to PSync. ChronoSync is an existing synchronization …

Investigation And Characterization Of Pc12 Cells Adhesion, Proliferation, And Regeneration On Aerogels As A Function Of Topography And Stiffness., Martina Rodriguez Sala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Limitations with existing methods and materials used for nerve repair shows the significant interest to keep researching new materials for nerve implants. Recent studies show the importance of material properties to cell behavior. This body of work focuses on understanding the effect of material properties on the behavior of PC12 neurons. The first part of the work attemepts to quantify the relationships between cell parameters and substrate properties. Based on this study, random topographies with surface roughness of 0.5 µm and Young’s modulus of 2MPa are the optimum substrates for neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. The second part investigates the …

Purely Scientific Terms, Breanne Nicole Hager

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Purely Scientific Terms is a collection of personal and memoir essays that explore themes of identity, place, and important relationships.

Re-Gendering Midwifery In Eighteenth-Century London, Amanda Catriona Castellano-Clark

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This thesis intends to show how the field of British midwifery changed through the rise of male-midwives during the eighteenth-century in London. Midwifery, which had previously been a women-only profession in that era, came to be dominated by male-midwives who argued that men should be in charge of this field due to the inherent "weakness" of women and therefore the supposed inadequate training of midwives. In this thesis, I will argue that male-midwives succeeding in asserting their dominance through the development of tools such as the forceps, through the establishment of courses about midwifery, and through the publication of treatises …

Peer-Assisted Learning In Calculus Ii: Examining Gender Differences, Xiaoqing Wu

Publications and Research

Mathematics is a topic in which undergraduate students find challenging, particularly for females. By providing a peer-assisted workshop during the semester, undergraduates are offered academic support throughout the course. New York City College of Technology, though a Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (DOE MSEIP) grant, has adopted the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) instructional model in a few Calculus II sections. Peer Leaders engage the students one-hour a week in working on selected problems sets in a collaborative setting. This project examines if there are gender differences in Calculus II class in 1) PLTL workshop attendance, 2) …

Understanding The (Ir)Relevance Of Shareholder Votes On M&A Deals, James D. Cox, Tomas J. Mondino, Randall S. Thomas

Duke Law Journal

Has corporate law and its bundles of fiduciary obligations become irrelevant? Over the last thirty years, the American public corporation has undergone a profound metamorphosis, transforming itself from a business with dispersed ownership to one whose ownership is highly concentrated in the hands of sophisticated financial institutions. Corporate law has not been immutable to these changes. Current doctrine now accords to a shareholder vote two effects: first, the vote satisfies a statutory mandate that shareholders approve a deal, and second and significantly, the vote insulates the transaction and its actors from any claim of misconduct incident to the approved transaction. …

Dog Whistles And Discriminatory Intent: Proving Intent Through Campaign Speech In Voting Rights Litigation, Nabiha Aziz

Duke Law Journal

Politicians are increasingly employing dog whistles in campaign speech to appeal to a divided electorate. Simultaneously, states continue to pass legislation restricting minority access to the ballot box. Litigants attempting to challenge new vote denial laws are left with only one tool—Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act—which requires the difficult task of demonstrating that the jurisdiction violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Despite the frequency of dog whistles, courts have declined to use campaign rhetoric as evidence of discriminatory intent in Fourteenth Amendment challenges.

This Note argues that, to ease the nearly insurmountable burden of proving discriminatory intent in voting rights …

The Internet Of Torts: Expanding Civil Liability Standards To Address Corporate Remote Interference, Rebecca Crootof

Duke Law Journal

Thanks to the proliferation of internet-connected devices that constitute the “Internet of Things” (“IoT”), companies can now remotely and automatically alter or deactivate household items. In addition to empowering industry at the expense of individuals, this remote interference can cause property damage and bodily injury when an otherwise operational car, alarm system, or implanted medical device abruptly ceases to function.

Even as the potential for harm escalates, contract and tort law work in tandem to shield IoT companies from liability. Exculpatory clauses limit civil remedies, IoT devices’ bundled object/service nature thwarts implied warranty claims, and contractual notice of remote interference …

How The States Can Fix Sell: Forced Medication Of Mentally Ill Criminal Defendants In State Courts, Nick Katz

Duke Law Journal

In Sell v. United States , the Supreme Court announced a constitutional standard permitting involuntary medication of mentally ill criminal defendants to render them competent to stand trial. Lower federal courts have struggled to apply the Court’s balancing test, reading the same Sell language to impose different requirements.

While much ink has been spilled debating whether the Sell standard is sufficiently rights-protective, less attention has been devoted to the state court implementations of Sell . But because many more criminal prosecutions take place in state court than in federal court, it stands to reason that significantly more Sell requests should …

Developmental Hypomyelination In Wolfram Syndrome: New Insights From Neuroimaging And Gene Expression Analyses, Amjad Samara, Rachel Rahn, Olga Neyman, Ki Yun Park, Ahmad Samara, Bess Marshall, Joseph Dougherty, Tamara Hershey

Open Access Publications

Wolfram syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder caused by mutations in WFS1 or CISD2 genes leading to brain structural abnormalities and neurological symptoms. These abnormalities appear in early stages of the disease. The pathogenesis of Wolfram syndrome involves abnormalities in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondrial dynamics, which are common features in several other neurodegenerative disorders. Mutations in WFS1 are responsible for the majority of Wolfram syndrome cases. WFS1 encodes for an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein, wolframin. It is proposed that wolframin deficiency triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway resulting in an increased ER stress-mediated neuronal loss. Recent neuroimaging …

Independent - Dec. 3, 2019, Frannie Mendoza

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Teachers’ Perspectives Of The Observation Process Within The Evaluation, Christine E. Lenhart

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

One of the largest challenges for administrators is to create and implement teacher evaluation systems that help improve teaching and student learning. As policymakers and administrators have worked throughout the United States to develop and implement new teacher evaluation systems, teacher involvement in developing those teacher evaluation systems has been limited. Specifically, the evaluation process and the tools used in a state in the southwestern part of the United States to evaluate teachers do not incorporate teachers’ perspectives, yet they directly impact teacher standing, ability to receive tenure status, and, in some cases, their salary.

The purpose of this research …

Student Voice In A Participatory Design Process Focused On Developing Equity-Based Stem Teaching Practices, Frank Heimerdinger

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study with second grade students in a mid-sized city in the Northwest was to examine an equity-based STEM teaching practice and design process that builds on student's voice in the context of an elementary school. Teaching practice innovations were designed using a participatory process drawing on student voice and experience, culturally responsive pedagogy, STEM content, and teaching practices. The students collaborated with the teacher to design and enact equity-based STEM teaching practice innovations and gave necessary and appropriate feedback regarding its efficacy in creating equitable and empowering learning experiences from their own perspective. A specific goal …

A Fuzzy‐Based Risk Assessment Framework For Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Under‐Ice Missions, Ty Loh, Mp Brito, N Bose, J Xu, K Tenekedjiev

Plymouth Business School

The use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for various scientific, commercial, and military applications has become more common with maturing technology and improved accessibility. One relatively new development lies in the use of AUVs for under-ice marine science research in the Antarctic. The extreme environment, ice cover, and inaccessibility as compared to open-water missions can result in a higher risk of loss. Therefore, having an effective assessment of risks before undertaking any Antarctic under-ice missions is crucial to ensure an AUV's survival. Existing risk assessment approaches predominantly focused on the use of historical fault log data of an AUV and …

Tarawangsa As A Traditional Communication Media In The Information Dissemination Based On Local Wisdom, Suwandi Sumartias, Andi Alimuddin, Priyo Subekti, Iriana Bakti, Aat Ruchiat Nugraha, Susie Perbawasari, Rosnandar Romli

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

One of the local wisdom that characterizes the Rancakalong Sumedang community, is the art of Tarawangsa, which is in the form of music that accompanies the Ngalaksa Traditional Ceremony and Farm Tradition Culture. The interaction which occurs when the Ngalaksa Traditional Ceremony takes place is one of the communication spaces for residents in exchanging information, strengthening friendship and ritual communication infrastructure in honor of Dewi Pohaci as the Padi goddess. As a traditional communication media, Tarawangsa art is one of the local wisdom of the community in spreading information about cultural noble values, and spiritual appreciation of food, in this …

Use Of Social Networking Sites Among Students Of University Of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan (Pakistan), Anwar Muhammad, Tang Zhiwei

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current study was designed to find out the use of social networking sites among students of the UniversityofBalochistanQuetta.in the light of today's modern and digital era of social media /social networking sites every individual is well aware of these changes as well as future changes. The present study has a number of research objectives that have been tested to see how university students are taking social networking sites. The prime objectives of the study are to find out the perception of SNS among the University of Balochistan (UoB) students, to identify the purpose of usage, to determine the frequency …

Manning Of Academic Law Libraries By Lawyers: Imperative For Best Legal Information Delivery In Nigerian Academic Law Libraries, Olubunmi Owoeye, Olubunmi Idowu Owoeye Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Academic Law Libraries are special libraries with special collections for a specialised field or discipline established to serve specific professionals and researchers who are law students, law lecturers, legal researchers, and other faculty members. Law Library is the nexus and the heart of any faculty of law; it is pivotal upon which legal education is built. Consequently, the two statutory regulatory bodies responsible for legal education in Nigeria: the National Universities Commission and the Nigerian Council of Legal Education respectively, place a high premium on Law Library building, equipment, facilities, availability of current and adequate information resources as well …

Toward A Sustainable Architectural Education: The Case Of Jordan, Rana T. Matarneh

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

This study was commissioned by the Higher Education Accreditation Commission (HEAC) to assess the quality of the architecture education undergraduate program curriculum in Jordan in response to social, cultural, environmental and technological transformations. The key questions addressed in this study explore: - Sustainability of the curricula for architectural education towards professional practice. - Learning outcomes: Providing graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the current professional demands of the market. - Program structure: curricular models for environmental education and digital architecture. This research examines the present curriculum framework based on certain benchmarks based on the application of several …

دور التعليم الجامعي في توجيه المعماري نحو الحفاظ على استدامة الموروث الثقافي العمراني, Dana Amro, Suhair Ammar

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

يهدف التعليم المعماري إلى تخريج معماريين ذوي قدرات تلائم سوق العمل، وتسهم المساقات الدراسية في تشكيل الفكر المعماري للطلبة، وتعلمه تراث بلاده، كما يسهم التقدم التكنولوجي الحالي السريع في وسائل الاتصال في اطلاع الطلبة على المشاريع العالمية الحديثة وتأثرهم بها. تهدف هذه الدراسة معرفة مدى تأثر الطلبة بالموروث الثقافي المعماري، ودراسة مرتكزات العملية التعليمية مقابل العوامل التي تؤثر على توجهات الفكر لدى المعماريين والمصممين الداخليين في كل من مدينتي غزة وعمّان. وتستخدم الدراسة ثلاث أدوات: استبانة توزع على عينة عشوائية من المعماريين والمصممين الداخليين من خريجي الأعوام 2010 إلى 2015، تحليل تأثر مشاريع التخرج للسنوات الأخيرة بالموروث الثقافي العمراني، وتحليل …

Installing (Flashing) Software On Vehicles By Drone, Verena Blunder

Defensive Publications Series

No abstract provided.

Teaching An Introduction To Archives Course To Undergraduates: A New Experience For The Archivist And The Students, Julia Stringfellow

Journal of Western Archives

This article explores a new Introduction to Archives class taught to undergraduates through a Library and Information Science Minor Program offered by the James E. Brooks Library at Central Washington University (CWU). The course is taught by the University Archivist. The challenges of recruiting students, promotion of the course, and teaching an upper level course to undergraduates from different disciplines is described, as well as the benefits of offering this type of course at the undergraduate level. A review of the literature on the benefits of educating undergraduates on archives and archival research is also included.

End Matter, Kaleidoscope Editor

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

No abstract provided.

Getting “Woke” On Intersectionality: Illuminating The Rhetorical Significance Of Disability Discourse In Feminist Activist Spaces, Danielle C. Biss

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

In the 28 years since the establishment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals with disabilities still live on the margins in social, public, and mediated discourse. Women of color with disabilities, in particular, still struggle to challenge their positionality on the margins due to multifaceted layers of oppression, ranging from sexism, racism, classism, and ableism as further complexities of identity. Yet, in a society with such disregard for and contestation involving disability issues, there is hope with disability activist Vilissa Thompson. In this rhetorical analysis, I examine Thompson as a marginal rhetor whose disability activism serves as a …

Ideographic Identity: A Critical And Rhetorical Analysis Of The Ymca’S Organizational Identity Rhetoric, Katharine E. Miller

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This paper presents an ideographic, rhetorical analysis of the identity rhetoric presented by the nation’s largest nonprofit organization, the YMCA—an area rather understudied in organizational communication and qualitative research. This analysis explores the rhetorical approaches taken by nonprofit organizations, and the YMCA specifically, in attempting to build and communicate identity to communities in which they belong. Specifically, I analyze the organization’s identity-building rhetoric through the use of both textual and visual ideographs in a variety of artifacts to determine whether or not these strategies are effective.

A Suite In Six Attitudes: Subverting (And Succumbing To) The Textual Bias, Leanna Smithberger

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This essay challenges textual dominance in academia by using music composition and performance as a method and representation of inquiry. I argue that this is a form of tactical resistance since it plays within the system, meeting requirements but challenging expectations. The resulting text from the project satisfies academic requirements for a written text, but subverts expectations as to the form that text should take. I provide the musical score and a discussion of the creation and performance of the composition to show how even when attempting to abandon textualism, we are still constrained by it. Despite this, I present …

Call For Manuscripts, Kaleidoscope Editor

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

No abstract provided.